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Dead Constitution See other Dead Constitution Articles Title: Lima OH police murder woman, shoot 1 y/o boy LIMA — More than 100 people marched across Lima’s south side Saturday, demanding justice after a Friday night drug raid left one woman dead. Family, friends and concerned community members gathered at about 5 p.m. at the Cheryl Allen Center on South Central Avenue to light candles and pray for 26-year-old Tarika Wilson. Lima Police Department Chief Greg Garlock said an officer shot and killed Wilson when the Lima police SWAT team stormed her home at 218 E. Third St. on a “high-risk search warrant” looking for illegal drugs. The SWAT team also shot Wilson’s 1-year-old son, Sincere Wilson, in the hand and arm, said the boy’s aunt Tania Wilson. He was flown by helicopter to Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, where he was being treated. At the vigil, volunteers distributed candles and homemade fliers printed with the words, “We Want Justice for Tarika Kay Wilson Right Now.” Brenda Johnson, director of the Cheryl Allen Center, stood on a chair in the room’s center and called for unity among the vigil’s participants. “We’re going to pay homage to what went on last night,” she said. “We are going to march to show solidarity. Remember that baby that’s in that hospital, and remember that girl that’s laying on a slab being dissected, because the Lima police overstepped their bounds, and we need to call them back into check.” Multiple leaders in Lima’s black community attended the vigil, including the Rev. C.M. Manley, of New Morning Star Baptist Church, the Rev. Arnold Manley, of Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church, and Jason Upthegrove, president of the Lima chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The crowd of men, women and children marched from the community center to the house where Wilson died, just more than a half-mile north. An impromptu banner covered in signatures and words of encouragement lead the crowd, with one corner held up by Darla Jennings, Wilson’s mother. They traveled north on Central Avenue, holding candles and banners and singing gospel songs. Several people who participated in the march declined to be interviewed by The Lima News or declined to provide their names. While some of them did not know Wilson, they said they thought Lima police had not told the truth about the raid, while others said they simply wanted to support the family. “It was devastating,” said 24-year-old Sophia Hall, a demonstrator whose brother fathered a child with Wilson. “Two people were shot for no reason. You don’t kill innocent bystanders. You don’t shoot people for no reason.” Once they arrived, they found police officers waiting at the scene. The demonstrators in the street and on the sidewalk, tossing stuffed animals beyond the yellow crime tape onto the house lawn and front porch. Even as most crowd members called for peace, some shouted obscenities at the police, while others called for justice. “It is time for all of us black sisters and brothers to stand together,” Arnold Manley said to the waiting crowd. “We must demand what we want. We want some answers, and we want them very soon.” Demonstrators moved on foot and by car from the house to Main Street, ending the vigil on the front steps of the Lima Police Department. Johnson again addressed the crowd, calling for continued action in the days and weeks to follow. Johnson and Arnold Manley encouraged demonstrators to attend the Lima City Council meeting Monday night, as well as to boycott various bars and businesses in the city and to march every Saturday until the investigation is over. The vigil was extremely important, said Arnold Manley, as a means to motivate Lima’s black community to take a stand. Manley indicated Friday night’s raid, as well as Wilson’s death, could have been a race issue. “We’re trying to bring the black community together,” he said. “It was a peaceful meeting to show that we want to be treated equally. The police don’t raid Shawnee, they don’t raid Elida. They make it seem like the south end is the only place with drugs. We’re tired of our kids being arrested and pulled over at night. We want to be treated right, and that didn’t happen.”
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Join the Ron Paul Revolution The raid was conducted Friday night to serve a "high-risk" search warrant, police said in a news release. Killed was Tarika Wilson, 26, of Lima. Family members identified her son as Sincere Wilson, according to The Lima News. He was flown to Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, where he was in stable condition, police said. The hospital refused to release any more information on the boy's condition on Saturday. Police Maj. Kevin Martin said details about the shooting would not be released pending Tag Line For Rent (M, 48, NY)
I cant help but wonder if this country will blow up before the (s)election. It just keeps getting worse and worse. I believe sincerely that this will be the year. There are too many things coming into place, and not just the LEO issues. If I wasn't ready, I'd be spending every spare penny on preps.
very likely
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